All the most important news for 09 September 2015

KARACHI: Four family members — father, mother and two children — were found dead in their residence in Karachi's Manzoor Colony area Wednesday morning. The youngest family member, an eight-year-old......

UNITED NATIONS: Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday urged the world community for urgent action to deal with the growing crisis of forced migration.“Half of the world’s......

KARACHI: Under National Action Plan (NAP) geo-tagging of 3,662 madressas has been completed in Sindh, of which 2,122 are in Karachi and 1,548 in Hyderabad, a meeting held to review the implementation......

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad on Wednesday advised the International Cricket Council (ICC) against considering calls by former players to rid Test cricket of the toss.“Instead of......

AHMEDABAD: A Muslim leader in India warned on Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed that the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to protect cows in......

CUPERTINO: Apple is expected to unveil a pair of new handsets at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday (today) analysts say, in addition to showing off a larger iPad and an updated Apple TV.When......

LONDON: UEFA's decision to expand the European championship to 24 teams six years ago was condemned by many but millions of fans across the continent are delighted with that choice now as the Euro......

If Facebook likes and tweets could be the solution, Aylan Kurdi, the toddler whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey, and thousands of unknown others, would not have died an unfortunate death.The......

KARACHI: Senior journalist Aftab Alam was killed in a gun attack near his home in Karachi's North Karachi neighbourhood on Wednesday, television reports said.Unknown assailants opened fire on Alam......

There's no doubt that there is some serious buzz surrounding the upcoming movie Hero, which is being produced by Salman Khan. The remake of the 1983 movie stars Sunil Shetty's daughter, Athiya and......

Pakistan is a regular presence at many of the major stops of the global film festival circuit, and this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will see Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy present her......

SYDNEY: Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from first class cricket on Wednesday, following Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers in stepping down from Tests in the......

MANCHESTER: England captain Eoin Morgan praised the efforts of century-maker James Taylor and spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali after the trio all played key roles in a 93-run win over Australia in......

PARIS: Islamic State (IS) militants have got their hands on Syrian cotton production, worrying some manufacturers even though there appears little risk for now that IS-linked clothes could end up on......

NEW YORK: Serena Williams kept her bid for a calendar-year grand slam on track, powering past big sister Venus 6-2 1-6 6-3 on a steamy star-studded night at the US Open on Tuesday.Serena moved into......

NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic's US Open quarterfinal was suddenly tied at a set apiece, and he tore off his shirt as he headed to the sideline.He sat, halfheartedly tried to smash his racket, then began......

Anurag Kashyap, the man behind the cult crime film Gangs of Wasseypur, has thrilling news for his fans — Gangs of Wasseypur 3 is on its way. This time, however, the director's cap may be passed on to......

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar has stripped the assembly secretary of his administrative and financial powers in a spat over recruitments and other issues.In a hasty move,......

UPPER DIR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzaffar Said has said that women would be facilitated to use their constitutional right to vote in the by-election in PK-93, Wari, Upper Dir-III.He......

LANDI KOTAL: Health officials detected two new polio cases in Khyber Agency on Tuesday.Parents of 18-month-old Abdur Rehman said that the child was admitted to Landi Kotal hospital a few days ago......

GHALANAI: Three people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others suffered injuries in a road accident in Mohamand Agency on Tuesday.According to reports, five security personnel......

PESHAWAR: The 20- day long strike and protest by the employees of Workers Welfare Board took a new turn on Tuesday when six of the employees including their key leaders were arrested by the district......

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of a habeas corpus petition challenging the alleged illegal detention of a sixth grader by the law-enforcement agencies after learning about the......

KARAK: The members of Karak tehsil council have demanded of the provincial government to withdraw its decision of diverting oil and gas royalty funds to provision of natural gas to consumers in the......

PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Tuesday remanded a senior official of the planning and development department in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for......

KOHAT: Deputy commissioner, Kohat, Zahir Shah Momand has asked the officers to work with the newly-elected councillors according to the spirit of the Local Government Ordinance 2013 and facilitate......

PESHAWAR: The Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network has called upon every educated person to teach those, who can’t read or write.According to a press release issued by Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network......

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned to appoint female physiotherapists in the public sector hospitals to provide physical therapy services to the women suffering from different......

AN amazing misrepresentation of the Pakistan Resolution of 1940 by a distinguished visiting speaker at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Karachi University, on Sept 4, has been reported in your paper......

AS a medical practitioner, I fear the next inevitable crisis could be the emergence of resistant infections. The irrational and overuse of antibiotics to treat infections has given a fillip to the......

IF we all assume and believe that the mental and physical chemistry of all the humans across the world is similar, then why is their behaviour different from country to country?Why is it that in one......

University Town in Peshawar, once considered a posh, quiet, safe and green residential area. It is now host to over 350 businesses, including 70 educational institutes. One such institute is located......

RECENT media reports state that a raiding team of the Punjab Food Authority seized sizable quantities of meat at a railway station that was procured from animals that were either unhealthy or had......

THE authorities concerned, especially the railways minister, should take immediate notice of the fast-paced commercialised encroachment at Model Colony Railway Station on the defunct Karachi Circular......

THIS is apropos the article ‘Poaching the (mal)practitioners’ (Images on Sunday, Aug 30). A quote by Prof (Dr) Javed Akram said: “There isn’t a single hospital in Pakistan that has been accredited by......

ISLAMABAD: As many as 30 doctors and paramedics were injured after a baton charge by police near National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chowk on Tuesday.Nearly half of those injured......

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi’s trading community will observe a shutterdown strike on Wednesday to pressure the government to withdraw withholding tax on bank transactions.Naveed Kanwal, spokesperson for......

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Rawalpindi chapter has decided to go solo in the upcoming local government elections in the garrison city.According to the local leadership, the PTI is......

ISLAMABAD: Parents of students from some of the capital’s top private schools gathered to protest an inordinate increase in fees and called upon the authorities to devise a mechanism to maintain a......

ISLAMABAD: A judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the recovery of a missing person who is allegedly involved in two high-profile murder......

RAWALPINDI: Two people were shot and injured during robbery attempts in the Tariqabad locality on Tuesday.One of the robbers was overpowered by the area people and handed over to the police.Malik......

TAXILA: Two people were killed and four injured after an oil tanker drove into a toll booth on G.T. Road on Tuesday.National Highway and Motorway police said that an oil tanker going from Karachi to......

ISLAMABAD: Saeed Qureshi, owner of the famed Saeed Book Bank, passed away on Tuesday. He was 77.Mr Qureshi was being treated at the Shifa International Hospital for some months now. He is survived by......

LAHORE: De-seated MNA from NA-154, Lodhran, Siddique Khan Baloch approached on Tuesday the Supreme Court against the decision of a Multan Election Tribunal that declared his election void and ordered......

LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said ‘corrupt elements will not be tolerated in the party.Addressing party workers from Bahawalnagar at Bilawal House here on Tuesday, Mr Bilawal said......

LAHORE: On the 14th and last day of its session, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed five resolutions covering issues from terrorism to hot borders to prices of the meat and naming buildings or......

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday sealed many eateries, restaurants and food production units over hygiene and cleanliness issues.According to officials, Ravi Town team sealed Khan......

LAHORE: The Punjab government has finally realised that there should be a cohesive policy to smoothly run the affairs of arts and culture that is why Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a......

CHINIOT: A man, who received a severe electric shock, succumbed to his injuries here at DHQ Hospital on Tuesday owing to alleged non-provision of oxygen and out-of-order generator.Reports said welder......

LAHORE: The core committee of Pakistan Awami Tehreek on Tuesday nominated Khwaja Aamer Fareed Koreja as its candidate for NA-154, Lodhran, by-poll.The committee meeting was held at the PAT’s Model......

SAHIWAL: The district chapter of PML-N formed a selection board to scrutinise candidates who will contest the upcoming local election on the party ticket.PML-N district secretary general Rao Nazir......

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif claims special attention is being paid to increase literacy rate and improve standard of education in the province.In a message in connection with International......

LAHORE: The Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested on Tuesday a man for trying to reach the prohibited territory of the airport.According to a spokesman, Azhar Ali, a mentally deranged person, was......

FAISALABAD: Ruling party MPA Tahir Jameel has moved the sessions court to demand extension in the physical remand of Sheraz Nawaz, a student who has been incarcerated in a theft case.The student’s......

OKARA: The GT Road connecting Sahiwal and Okara remained closed to traffic for 55 hours from Sept 1 to 3. Hundreds of the Anjuman Mozraeen Punjab (AMP) besieged the road in protest at the arrest of......

OKARA: An alleged robber and his unidentified accomplice were shot dead while three police officials were injured during an encounter with police near village Dharranga in the Haveli Lakha police......

MUZAFFARGARH: A rally was arranged in the district to mark the International Literacy Day here on Tuesday.Scores of teachers, students and civil society representatives gathered at education office......

MULTAN: A tehsildar dealing with the Metro Bus Project’s land acquisition procedure on Tuesday seized the revenue record from a patwari over complaints filed by some officials and the project-hit......

KARACHI: Three years since the country’s deadliest factory fire claimed 259 lives in Baldia, investigation is still under way and the court has yet to decide whether the fire was accidental or the......

KARACHI: An art publication, along with an exhibition, titled Exhausted Geographies, was laun­ched at the VM Art Gallery on Tuesday.The Karachi-specific book, according to the curators of the show,......

KARACHI: The Karachi police on Tuesday joined hands with the customs department to keep a check on smuggled Iranian oil by carrying out raids on suspected fuel stations selling the illegal products......

KARACHI: A swift and stern action taken by the city administration against profiteers selling milk at Rs90 and Rs95 per litre by sending some of them to prison, many others to police lock-ups and......

KARACHI: Corps Commander Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar has lauded efforts of the Rangers and other law enforcement agencies for the restoration of peace in the city, said a statement issued by......

BADIN: In what appeared to be a major blow to the Pakistan Peoples Party, Syed Ali Bux Shah aka Pappu Shah and his arch-rival Dr Zulfikar Mirza have joined hands and agreed to work together in Badin......

SUKKUR: A man, Ghulam Rasool Katohar, along with four children aged between three and eight years appeared in front of the Jacobabad press club on Tuesday to offer all of them against Rs1.6 million,......

KARACHI: The National Highways & Motorway Police set up stalls at the Karachi toll plaza to create awareness of safe driving as part of its countrywide campaign, said a press release issued here on......

UNITED NATIONS: Recognising the challenges the refugee/migrants crisis poses to some member states, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged European states to respond “responsibly and......

ANKARA: Turkey deployed ground forces across the border into northern Iraq on Tuesday for the first time since 2011, stepping up its battle against Kurdish rebels who have stung the Turkish military......

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday made it simpler and swifter for Catholics to secure a marriage annulment, the most radical such reform for 250 years, and told bishops to be more welcoming to......

SEOUL: North and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War, following all-night talks between their respective Red Cross branches.The reunion......

TEHRAN: Austrian President Heinz Fischer said on Tuesday his country wanted to boost trade with Iran as its nuclear deal with the West opened a “new chapter” in ties with other countries.Fischer, the......

DUBAI: A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen said, and more foreign troops were reported to be arriving to......

WASHINGTON: The US mission to war-torn Somalia began work on Tuesday without an ambassador or an embassy and based in a neighbouring country, the State Department said.American diplomats will not be......

TOKYO: Typhoon Etau barrelled toward the Japanese mainland on Tuesday, packing strong winds and heavy rains as authorities advised more than 120,000 people to evacuate due to possible flooding.The......

JAKARTA: Smog from forest fires in Indonesia on Tuesday prompted the cancellation of flights and warnings for people to stay indoors, while pushing air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring......

PARIS: France will contribute 25 million euros to a global “action plan” for the protection of minorities in the Middle East that are persecuted by the Islamic State group (IS) and other extremists,......

WHILE the ugly controversy over re-naming Aurangzeb Road in the heart of New Delhi continues to rage, the Odisha government has done well to re-designate Wheeler Island after the rocket scientist who......

KASHMIRI Pandit scholars, teachers, academicians and thinkers in the Kashmir valley used Sarada or Sharda for centuries. A rich language developed from the Brahmi script during the second half of the......

LONDON: Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara’s superb century saw Surrey into the final of English county cricket’s one-day cup as they saw off Nottinghamshire by four runs in a thrilling clash at The......

JOHANNESBURG: Kevin Pietersen is heading back to where it all started after signing a short-term contract to play Twenty20 cricket for his former team in South Africa.Pietersen will be available for......

KARACHI: Silver medallist of the IBSF world amateur snooker championship at Bangalore last year, Mohammad Sajjad and compatriot Asjad Iqbal opened their accounts in the Sangsom 6-Reds pro-am world......

KARACHI: Raza Sawani, Zaid Noor won their respective quarter-finals in similar fashion after their opponents retired in mid-game during the men’s singles event while Ibrahim Iltifat, Marib Malik,......

LAHORE: A seven-day-long physical fitness and training camp of the Lahore Blues cricket team in preparation for the upcoming Inter-region Quaid-i-Azam Qualifying Round 2015-16 began at the Ittefaq......

MANCHESTER: James Taylor’s maiden One-day International hundred was the cornerstone of England’s 300 for eight against Australia in the day/night clash at Old Trafford on Tuesday.Taylor, brought back......

NEW YORK: Persistence finally paid off for Kevin Anderson as the towering South African prevailed in a slugfest with Andy Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday while another......

LAHORE: All-rounder Imad Wasim is added to the list of 27 who have been offered central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the year 2015-16.The decision was taken by chairman Shaharyar......

TOKYO: War-torn Syria’s national football team won their third straight World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday, routing Cambodia 6-0 in Phnom Penh while the game between Malaysia and visiting Saudi......

LONDON: Germany and Portugal closed in on Euro 2016 qualification on Monday, while Northern Ireland missed the chance to book their place at next year’s tournament in France.Thomas Mueller scored......

SYDNEY: Former Test captains Ian Chappell and Michael Clarke were among 200 mourners who attended a public memorial service in Sydney for Australian cricket great Arthur Morris.Morris, an opening......

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) conducted a public hearing for more than 121 per cent increase in Wapda tariff for 2015-16.Nepra Chairman Tariq Sadozai and member......

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to continue implementation of the 27 international conventions covered by the European Union’s GSP+ scheme, and to submit the four pending reports to......

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday directed the development finance institutions (DFIs) to simplify their business processes for extension of credit to farmers.He was presiding over a......

KARACHI: Stocks staged partial recovery on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index regaining 529.69 points (1.61 per cent) to close at 33,474.17.Although bullishly inclined, the market remained in search of......

PTCL to introduce Blackboard LMSISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with IT Butler, a front-end partner of Blackboard Inc, an educational technology......

ISLAMABAD: A seven-member Pakistani textile delegation left for Denmark on Tuesday to explore business opportunities and seek partnership with entrepreneurs.The visit has been arranged by the Trade......

WASHINGTON: Women’s empowerment is not just a fundamentally moral cause, it is also an absolute economic no-brainer, says International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde.Earlier......

PARIS: China’s economy is losing steam and other big emerging market economies such as Brazil and Russia are also showing signs of weakness, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development......

LONDON: Gold firmed on Tuesday as a retreat in the dollar index helped the metal snap a four-day losing streak, but remained close to 2-1/2 week lows as uncertainty over a looming US interest rate......

KARACHI: The cotton market remained steady on Tuesday amid sustained buying from spinners ahead of long Eidul Azha holidays and shortage of transport on being diverted for the haulage of sacrificial......

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks on Tuesday with economists and business leaders, seeking ways to protect India from volatility in global markets and capitalise on China’s woes.Modi......

LONDON: Indonesia has made an official request to rejoin Opec, the oil producing cartel announced on Tuesday.The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) welcomed the move after Indonesia......

DOHA: Super-rich Qatar will withstand plummeting global oil prices and its economy will expand by almost seven per cent in both 2016 and 2017, a major bank reported Tuesday.Despite its reliance on......

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain approved on Tuesday a plan to establish a cantonment in Swat as a permanent post for the army in the valley, which was ‘cleared’ of extremists and terrorists by......

DUBAI: PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said here on Tuesday that the policy of reconciliation had damaged his party and it would not repeat this mistake in the coming local bodies elections.Speaking at......

LAHORE: Five suspected members of Al Qaeda were arrested by law enforcement agencies here on Tuesday night.According to sources, the suspects were picked up near Minar-i-Pakistan in a joint operation......

ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee asked the government on Tuesday to withdraw the Electoral Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013 giving voting right to overseas Pakistanis since the proposal was being considered......

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) reinstated on Tuesday Arif Hameed as managing director (MD) of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and sought explanation about his sacking from the......

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: On a call given by all factions of the All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran (APAT), traders across the country would observe on Wednesday another strike in protest against imposition of......

KARACHI: A technical engineer of Geo News was killed when its digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) van was attacked in Bahadurabad area here on Tuesday.The van driver also suffered bullet injuries......

LANDI KOTAL: A banned militant group killed six kidnapped pro-govt volunteers in the Khyber tribal region on Tuesday.According to sources, militants of the Lashkar-i-Islam had captured 11 volunteers......

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and members of their cabinet will not be able to campaign for their candidates in the upcoming important by-elections for......

QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti said on Tuesday that there were unconfirmed reports that the chief of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), Dr Allah Nazar Baloch, had......

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed unhappiness over former president and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s recent statement in which he accused the federal government of targeting......

ISLAMABAD: A day before doffing his robes, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S. Khawaja rendered a judgment decreeing that the federal and provincial governments use Urdu, the national language......

At long last, it seems the state is prepared to confront the evil that is sectarianism, one that has spawned religious violence in various forms over three decades in this country and laid waste to......

IN marked contrast to the pomp and show eulogising the fable of the 1965 war victory, the speech of the army chief at the GHQ ceremony was sombre. There was no jingoism or war rhetoric; just firm......

ON Friday, Sept 4, a magistrate presiding over a courtroom in Mombasa, Kenya, made a ruling. The case against Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the ‘White Widow’, should be dismissed, he said, because the......

THE bar councils are mandated to regulate the legal profession. However, they have become increasingly politicised.
Politics is not bad per se. But, politics for politics’ sake is redundant in any......

IN one of his films, the Guatemalan comic actor Jimmy Morales portrayed a bumbling cowboy who is accidentally elevated to his nation’s presidency. Sunday’s presidential election in that country could......

SANAA: Saudi-led air raids on rebels in Yemen killed at least 31 people on Tuesday, officials said, as the coalition intensified its attacks in the wake of a deadly missile strike.At least 10 people......